Window and window sash construction



v Nov. 1, 1932. R. T. AXE

l WINDOW AND WINDOW SASH CONSTRUCTION Filed June 4; 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTQR Z/Mff ATTORNEYS Nov. l, l1932. R. T. AXE

wINDow AND wINDow sAsH CONSTRUCTION Filed June 4, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 @aL/M ATTORNEYS.

Patented Nov. 1, 1932 EoY T. AXE, or sYEACUsE, NEW YORK,

JAssIcrNon 'ro THE' om. EDWARDS connai,

ING., or srEAoUsE,V NEW YORK, A con-roEATIoN oENEW 'Yomz` WINDOW AND WINDOW sAsEr ooNsTRUo'rIoN.

. Application file a June 4, 192e. serial Nfaeasis.'

This invention relates towindow sash constructionsand to constructions which are particularly applicable forvejhic'les, as railway cars, motor busses and the like; and ithas for itsobject 'window and sash constructions 'which are rigid, light and comparatively narrow vin construction and highly efficient and durable in use.

The invention consi-sts in the novel features and in the combinations and constructions ,hereinafter set forthv and claimed.

. In' describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts Ain all the views.

Figureil is a front elev'ation'of a Window sash embodying this invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view,

f' partly in section, ofa corner portion of the adgacent portion of window sash embodying my invention, lthe the window guide being also shown.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view on theplane of line 3-.-3,'Figure 2, theconing also shown. Y Figure 5 is a sectional view along'line 5- -f5, r Figure Y Figure 6 is a detail sectional viewv of one j tiguous' portion v4of thev window frame Vlof a car structure beingshown in section.r e

VFigure 4`is'a transversefra'gmentary sectional view through theA sill of vthe Ywindow frame, the contiguous portionsof the kwindow guide and of 'the bottom railgof the sash bee' of the corner brackets*l u 1 designates the sash. 2 designates the stiles or upright members; 3, 4the bottom and top members vor rails which are formed up of 'sheet lmetal s o that saidmembers are hollow. e

The stiles and-rails are formedrin any suitable manner to provide, 4a ,channel which receives the margin of -thepa'ne 6, the margin of thevpane being seated in a rubber channel 7 seating in the channel 5, Vv.One of the members or rails carries' sash holder means andas the sash here shown is designed-to be lowered into: a Well beneath the sill, the sash holder means'is Vcarriedby the top rail 4.

The sash holder means'comprises a sliding `latchvbolt 8 movable'lengthwise ofthe top rail 4 and i normally projecting beyond one edge of the sash to coact with a rack 9 supported in the windowguide 10. f The bolt 8 isspring pressed; and is withdrawn'against the action of the spring by operating means' comprising a rocking lever Vmounted on one of the side.

vwalls of the top ral 4 and located entirely f within the width of said rail, this leverr having anarm connected to the bolt'S and a hand engaging 'portion extending `transversely 'of the axis of the lever, so that thevlever is perated by a small twisting action of the' hand and also so that the hand engaging portion provides a Wide abutment for the hand for lifting the sash or for lowering the sash. It

will be Vunderstood .that there are two bolts and .two operatinglevers located at eachend of the top rail 4.

11 designates the lever which mounted uponv a stud 12 provided on al base yplate 13 whichv is secured to the top rail 4.

he farm" 14 of kthe lever is formed with a pin "or, stud ll extending through a` slot 16 in thefbase plate and an' alined slot 1.7 in va wall of the rail4, this pin 15 extending through a wall inthe latch member 8. The slots 16 and'l? fare slightly arcuate about 'the axis lof the lever, and the arm 14 is Vflatfandgwide or in the form of a `plate sufficiently broad to cover the slots 1 6 yand 17 iny all angular positions ofthe llever V11. e, H u

19 isthe hand engagingeportion, this projecting at an angle' to theI` lever or at .an angle to the plate V'14 and extending on opposite sides of the axis ofthe lever andv farther to .one side thanthe other. Thisr hand engaging portion extends comparatively Vnear the axis and is also preferably arcuate'.j "It Vis so located as to be conveniently twisted by the hand with the forefin'ger underlying and the thumb overlying Athe hand-engaging portion 19. v

As seen in F igure5,the 'base plate 13 is secured to thevtop rail 'by means of the two screws ateach end of the base`plate,"one

vscrew Y20 extending through the base plateV and coacting" withthe other screw 21 exvtending from the other side of the top rail and one of the screws, asv the Vscrew 21, being a sleevev screw for receiving the other screwv 20. rlhese screws extend into a tubular projection 22 on the base plate which extends transversely through the top rail, the projec- \tion 22 terminating close to the inner face of the wall of the top rail opposite to that a wall Von which the base plate is located.

The latch bolt 8 is here shown as guided in its movement by a corner iron or braclret .23 located at the upper corners oit the sash. Similar corner irons but unprovided with latch bolts may be provided at each lower corner of the sash.'` Each corner iron or bracket 23 is formed up of sheetme'tal to have legs 24 and 25 which seat within the top rail and the stiles, and these legs are U-shaped in cioss section with the bottom of the U-formation toward the edge of the toprail and the stile respectively. The bottom at the edge of the stile and near the corner is cut away to form an opening 26.

The leg 24 of the corner bracket is formed with an internal lug 27 formed with a passage 28 aliiied with the opening 26. The opening 26 is rectangular and the latch bolt 8 includes a portion rectangular in cross section which slides in the opening 26 and .also with a round. rod portion which slides in the` opening 28. This rod'portion is flattened at its inner end where it coacts with the pin l of the operating mechanism. A spring 29 encircle-s the rod portion and thrusts at one end against the lug 27 and at its other end against a shoulder 30 at the inner end of the rectangularportion ot the latch bolt 8. A transverse pin. or rivet 3l extends transversely through each leg 24 and the front and rear walls of the top rail 4 and this pin or rivet is so located as to form a guide or rest for the latch bolt 8.

`32 designates the traine of a car structure at the upper end of the sash7 this including spaced apart sheet metal plates 33 and 34 connected or bridged by a channel member V which receives the top rail. A. weather strip 36 is provided on the outer face of one s sideot the iianges .ot the channel e.) io coact with the outer face or the top rail 4 when the sash is in its upper or closed position.

. 37 designates the car lining having its margin bent back to form a groove which receives the margins of the plate 34 and one of the side walls of the channel 35.

40 and 4l designate outer and inner opposing sections of the sill construction, these being spaced apart to form a slot 42 through which the sash slides. These sections are formed with overhanging portions 43, and

,44 res ectivel and the overhan inO ortion I 43 is provided by the metal sheeting 45 of the outer section 40. rlhe sash guides l() ei;-

teiid above the slot 42 and sash guides, as the guides 46 extend below the slot 42. The

bottom rail 3 of the sash is formed with the.

weather strip 4'? along its bottom edge which coacts with said overhanging portions and 44, the weather strip extending beyond the inner and outer faces of the bottom rail and having an upturned flange 46 at its outer edge extending between the outer face of the bottom rail 3 and the inner edge of the overhanging portion 43 of the outer section 40 of the sill so as to form a weathertight joint when the sash is closed. There is a depending window guide 46 at each side of the sash and each oi these guides is in the form of a channel for receiving the stiles 2 of the sash whenthe sash is open.

The sides of `each channel 46 iiare outwardly toward the upper ends to guide the sash lugs are provided with openings which slid ably receive studs 53 secured at like ends in one of the side walls of the channel 46'and at their other ends in an offset frame or brace strip 54 carried by one of the side walls of the channel 46. Compression springs 56 encircle the studs 53 and thrust, against the ends of the shoe 5() and against the of the strip 54.` s y The `sash when closed, occupies ,theV positions shown in vFigures 3 and 4 with respect odset portion to the window 'trame'. To lower the sash,'v

the operator takes hold ofthe' hand portions 19 of the levers '11 and twists said levers toward the outer edges oi the sash, thus withdrawing the bolts 8 fromy the rack 9 and either lets-the sash drop'or lets it down geni? tly into the wall or guides 46 below the sash. The compression device or shoe 50 prevents violent dropping of the sash.

Y To close the sash the operator may merely lift up on the levers llas usually no teeth 9 are provided in the racks l() to lock the sash in wide open position. During the lifting operation, the bolts 8 will ratchet past the teeth of the rack, as between the ends of the bolts andthe rack teeth are formed to permit ratcheting'action. s

This sash construction is particularly advantageous in that it is particularly light and rigid and at the same time `the sash'members are narrow and also the sash holder operatin g means, owing to its location and construction within the comparatively narrow width Vot the top rail of the sash. Y

What I claimfis:4 ,Y

1. In a window sash construction, the com' bination of a hollow sash member, a latch bolt movable lengthwise of said member within erating member mounted on the sash member and comprising a pivoted lever having one arm connected to the latch bolt and its other arm provided with a hand engaging portion extending transversely of the axis of the lever and the former arm and extending to the opposite sides of the axis of the lever.

2. In a window sash construction, the combination of a hollow sash member, a latch bolt movable lengthwise of said member within the same and normally projecting beyond the edge of the sash, and an operating member mounted on the outer side of the sash member and comprising a pivoted lever having one arm connected to the latch bolt and its other arm providedwith a hand engaging portion extending transversely of the former arm and the axis of the lever and on opposite sides of the axis of the lever,and extending farther on one side of the axis than on the other.

3. In a window sash construction, the combination of a hollow sash member, a latch bolt movable lengthwise of said member within the same and normally projecting beyond the edge of the sash, and an operating member mounted on the outer side of the sash member and comprising a pivoted lever having one arm connected to the latch bolt and its other arm provided with a hand engaging portion extending transversely of the former arm and the axis of the lever and lextending on opposite sides ofthe axis of the lever, thev hand engaging portion being arcuate. y

4. In a window sash construction, the combination of a hollow sash member, a latch bolt movable lengthwise'of said memberV within the sameV and normally projecting beyond the edge of the sash, an operating member mounted on the outer side ofthe sashmember and comprising a pivoted lever havf ing one arm connected to the latch bolt, and y its other arm provided with a hand en aging portion extending transversely of the ormer arm and the axis of the lever and on oppoi ing from the lever through the slot in the base plate into theinterior of the sash memering the slot at all times.

In testimony whereof, I haveV hereunto ber and coacting with the latch, the lever covzo signed my name, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, and State of New York, this 20th day of May, 1929. v

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site sides of the axisof the lever, the hand engaging portion being arcuate and projecty ing outwardly at an angle to the pflane of.v

the former arm and extending farther on one sid-e of said axis than on the other.

5. In a window sash construction, the combination of a hollow sash member, a latch bolt located within the sash member and movable lengthwise thereof and normally projecting beyond one edge of the sash, and

operating means mounted on the outside of the sash member and comprising a base plate having a slot, the sash member having a slot Y alined with the former slot and a lever pivoted to the outer side of thebase plate and having one arm of sutlicient width to cover the slot'in the base plate in all angular posiv tions ,of the lever, said arm having la projection extending throughthe slots and connected to the latch bolt, the lever having a hand engaging portion.

CER'HFIGATE or Gommxrmlw.

Patent NQ. 1,885,216. Nwmbe'r r, 1932.

ROY T. AXE.

It is hereby certified that errer appears in he primed specificati@ of the absve numbered patent requiring cm'rec'ion as ifolows; 'wage 2, lim: F29, strike ont the Words "Miter side of the" and insert ik@ sama before "sash" in im and that the said Letters Patent Shour be rs with this swrrectirm therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the aent (Ef-fica.

Signed and sealed this 17th day of .Eanuaryy A. D. i933.

(Seal) Acting Connllgsilrdgrref Parents. 

